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We have a dug well, over 100 years old. We have a water softener to =20 handle some of the iron. (I wish that this were not necessary, =20 because water-softening adds salt to the groundwater, and costs for =20 the salt, which one must haul in every so often.) Then there is a =20 particulate filter to remove some more of the iron. Next comes a UV =20 light which kills all the bacteria. The unit must be kept clean so =20 that the UV can get through the special glass to fry the unwanted =20 organisms, and bulb must be changed every year. (Said bulb costs =20 about $120 with tax.) Finally, we have a reverse-osmotic filter, =20 which takes out everything which is left, and gives really pure, clear =20= water. Bottled water in the small containers is terribly expensive, compared =20= to the real market-value of water. When you buy bottled water, you =20 are mainly paying for handling, and the bottle. A liter of water from =20= a city water supply is actually worth only a few hundredths of a =20 cent. Of course, one's perspective changes if dying of thirst! The drilled wells require special filters to remove U and As. Reverse =20= osmosis would be good. I have a neighbor who uses Brita=AE filters, and = =20 finds (by actual testing) that they remove 99% of the offending =20 elements. On 26 Sep 2009, at 4:19 PM, James Hirtle wrote: > There has been some reference to bottled water online over the past =20= > few months and concerns centering around such. I admit that I do =20 > buy bottled water. I do not like clorinated water and thus in the =20 > past when I lived in Lunenburg, bought water. Now that I'm out in =20 > the country again, Lunenburg County has a lot of iron in the water. =20= > Dublin Shore was really bad for this and even with water softener =20 > everything that came in contact with this water was stained brown =20 > within a week. Here in Bayport the iron is not too bad, but it is =20 > still present and I do not feel safe drinking the water as a =20 > result. Anyhow, the purpose of this posting is to say that I've Boy-=20= > cotted PC bottled water. I've had too many bottles in which the =20 > water tasted like plastic. Some of the bottles were so bad that I =20 > could not consume the whole bottle. I took a number of these =20 > bottles back to the store, but did not get a return on my money or =20 > replacement bottles and they basically ignored my complaints. This =20= > is the only water that I've purchased in which I've notice =20 > repeatedly a plastic taste. To my knowledge they did not even send =20= > the water off for testing. In hindsight I should have taken the =20 > water myself to be tested. Anyhow, I just wanted to make others =20 > aware of the issues with Presidents Choice Water. I kept going back =20= > in hopes that it was just a specific batch of water, but I've had =20 > the plastic taste too many times for me to feel safe drinking their =20= > water. > > James R. Hirtle > Bayport > > Internet Explorer 8 makes surfing easier. Get it now! --Boundary_(ID_QLjB4VI58SC28Quv/MoqjA) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">More on Drinking = Water<div><br></div><div>The iron problem is almost universal in water = of the province. In the granite area, the dug wells have a = tendency (almost a certainty) to have bacterial contamination, = particularly if there are other house, or ducks and geese around. = The drilled wells have uranium and arsenic from weathering of the = granite, if you are in a granite terrain.</div><div><br></div><div>We = have a dug well, over 100 years old. We have a water softener to = handle some of the iron. (I wish that this were not necessary, = because water-softening adds salt to the groundwater, and costs for the = salt, which one must haul in every so often.) Then there is a = particulate filter to remove some more of the iron. Next comes a = UV light which kills all the bacteria. The unit must be kept clean = so that the UV can get through the special glass to fry the unwanted = organisms, and bulb must be changed every year. (Said bulb costs = about $120 with tax.) Finally, we have a reverse-osmotic filter, = which takes out everything which is left, and gives really pure, clear = water.</div><div><br></div><div>Bottled water in the small containers is = terribly expensive, compared to the real market-value of water. = When you buy bottled water, you are mainly paying for handling, = and the bottle. A liter of water from a city water supply is = actually worth only a few hundredths of a cent. Of course, one's = perspective changes if dying of thirst!</div><div><br></div><div>The = drilled wells require special filters to remove U and As. Reverse = osmosis would be good. I have a neighbor who uses Brita=AE = filters, and finds (by actual testing) that they remove 99% of the = offending elements.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 26 Sep = 2009, at 4:19 PM, James Hirtle wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class=3D"hmmessage" = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">There has been some = reference to bottled water online over the past few months and concerns = centering around such. I admit that I do buy bottled water. = I do not like clorinated water and thus in the past when I lived in = Lunenburg, bought water. Now that I'm out in the country again, = Lunenburg County has a lot of iron in the water. Dublin Shore was = really bad for this and even with water softener everything that came in = contact with this water was stained brown within a week. Here in = Bayport the iron is not too bad, but it is still present and I do not = feel safe drinking the water as a result. Anyhow, the purpose of = this posting is to say that I've Boy-cotted PC bottled water. I've = had too many bottles in which the water tasted like plastic. Some = of the bottles were so bad that I could not consume the whole = bottle. I took a number of these bottles back to the store, but = did not get a return on my money or replacement bottles and they = basically ignored my complaints. This is the only water that I've = purchased in which I've notice repeatedly a plastic taste. To my = knowledge they did not even send the water off for testing. In = hindsight I should have taken the water myself to be tested. = Anyhow, I just wanted to make others aware of the issues with Presidents = Choice Water. I kept going back in hopes that it was just a = specific batch of water, but I've had the plastic taste too many times = for me to feel safe drinking their water.<br> <br>James R. = Hirtle<br>Bayport<br><br><hr>Internet Explorer 8 makes surfing = easier.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9655264" target=3D"_new">Get = it now!</a></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_QLjB4VI58SC28Quv/MoqjA)--
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